Phrase Hound found 488 phrases and 247 compound words that contain ice. The most common are listed below. Open ice in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 488
- ice creamA dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
- break the iceTo start to get to know people to avoid social awkwardness and formality.
- ice hockeyA form of hockey played on an ice rink with a puck, rather than a ball.
- ice ageA period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
- ice skatingThe act, or the sport, of skating on ice.
- ice cubeAny small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, and regardless of their shape.
- sea iceFrozen seawater.
- dry iceCarbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, which sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of foglike special effects.
- ice rinkA specially frozen surface of water on which people skate or play ice hockey; the building that houses such a surface.
- ice sheetA broad glacial mass with a relatively flat surface.
- ice waterCold water for drinking, either chilled in ice, or with the addition of ice cubes.
- ice-coldVery cold.
- black iceA smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.
- ice fishingThe practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- ice stormA storm in which rain freezes on contact with the ground to form a sheet of ice.
- breaking the icepresent participle and gerund of break the ice
- ice packA large floating mass of ice; pack ice.
- pack iceA large consolidated mass of floating sea ice.
- ice capA permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation.
- ice fieldA network of interconnected glaciers or ice streams having a common source.
- ice wineA sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are harvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine.
- ice coreA core sample removed from an ice sheet, most commonly from the polar ice caps of Antarctica, Greenland or from high mountain glaciers elsewhere, the properties of which can be used to reconstruct a climatic record of a given area.
- ice cubesplural of ice cube: Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, and regardless of their shape.
- ice skateA light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating.
- blue iceIce that is blue in colour, formed by compressed snow on a glacier having its air bubbles squeezed out.
Compound words 247
- IcelandAn island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.
- icyPertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
- icicleA drooping, tapering shape of ice.
- icebreakerA ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.
- icehouseA warehouse for the storage of ice for commercial purposes.
- iceboxA box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool.
- icemakerA device found in a freezer that is used to make ice.
- iceeNonstandard form of ICEE.
- icerOne who ices.
- icefallA relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.